We've discussed how the QE widget might work. Here's a proposal for
how users might get set up to send items to Chandler Hub via remote
means.
Workflow
1. Select widget from gallery (see mockup - http://
chandlerproject.org/Notes/WebWidgetsMockups)
2. Login
3. Set options:
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Add notes to your Chandler Hub account from:
[ ] iGoogle homepage
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[x] Yahoo homepage
User name: [ ]
Password: [ ] Add | Remove
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Apple iPhone Widget | Mac OSX Dashboard | Vista Sidebar
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[x] Email
[Select Collection |v] Send items to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Add | Remove
[Select Collection |v] Send items to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Add | Remove
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[ ] SMS
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[x] IM
[Select Collection |v] Add buddy: xxx Add | Remove
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[Cancel] [Okay]
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OPEN ISSUES
+ Can we make the IM buddy clickable so that it automatically adds
the buddy to your IM list (a la Twitter set up)? and then asks you
for your Chandler Hub password to confirm that it's you?
On Feb 12, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:
Yes, I think that's a reasonable compromise. I do think however
that the default should be in 'Note-taking' mode with the option to
shrink it down to be just the title.
Jeffrey, Travis, thoughts?
On Feb 4, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Randy Letness wrote:
Mimi Yin wrote:
Jeffrey, Travis and I chatted briefly yesterday about a fast and
dirty pass at a quick entry web widget that users can plug into
their iGoogle homepages, OSX Dashboard, Vista Dashboard, etc.
We decided to optimize for the case where the user wants to
quickly enter a whole series of items one after another. So we
provided a single-line text field where you can enter the title
and then simply hit Enter to submit the item without having to
click on a Submit button.
After thinking more about this, I think one of reasons why
someone might hesitate to dump stuff directly into Chandler and
instead pull up a text file or pull out their paper notebook
first is that when entering information into Chandler, you still
have to 'decide' what constitutes the item-unit and many times,
when you just want to quickly dump something out of your head and
get back to what it was you were doing, just that simple decision
is a significant barrier to 'quick entry'.
So I think it's actually more important to more closely simulate
the 'pull up a text file and start typing' workflow in our quick
entry web widget.
We give users a large-ish text field where they can jot down some
ideas, we declare the Title to be whatever blob of text comes
before the 1st line break and dump everything else into the Notes
field of the item.
The downside of this is that users need to manually hit Enter in
order to submit the item to the service. But I think this is an
ok trade-off given that it's unlikely users are looking to
optimize for the rate (speed) at which they can enter multiple
items.
Does this resonate with anyone else?
Couldn't the widget support both? The default could be single
line entries, and there could be an option for multi-line.
-Randy
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